Comments on: A.J. Jacobs: Career lessons from the Encyclopedia http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:02:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dave http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-125450 Dave Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:25:07 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-125450 What I find amazing is that we all get stuck on the coffee mug. Work = the coffee, tools = the mug. I another one who spends hours looking at the tools of how I can do things better, and what i should be doing, instead of just getting on with drinking the coffee. Isn't it easy to listen to all of these gurus and not believe that you have just as much smarts as them, but you're not writing a blog about it. JFDI! What I find amazing is that we all get stuck on the coffee mug. Work = the coffee, tools = the mug. I another one who spends hours looking at the tools of how I can do things better, and what i should be doing, instead of just getting on with drinking the coffee. Isn’t it easy to listen to all of these gurus and not believe that you have just as much smarts as them, but you’re not writing a blog about it. JFDI!

]]> By: Queercents » The Art of Simultaneous Professions http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-108673 Queercents » The Art of Simultaneous Professions Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:42:36 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-108673 [...] to a guest post by A.J. Jacobs on Brazen Careerist, he predicts that the double-job trend is making a comeback! Who wants to be pigeonholed into just one profession during the paycheck [...] […] to a guest post by A.J. Jacobs on Brazen Careerist, he predicts that the double-job trend is making a comeback! Who wants to be pigeonholed into just one profession during the paycheck […]

]]> By: Unnua http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-107668 Unnua Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:56:13 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-107668 If success comes from lying to yourself or encouraging others to do the same (and it often does), it is not worth it. In fact, if survival comes from those things, it's still not worth it. If success comes from lying to yourself or encouraging others to do the same (and it often does), it is not worth it. In fact, if survival comes from those things, it’s still not worth it.

]]> By: LaDawn http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-107643 LaDawn Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:45:31 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-107643 Oh man, I want to read the encyclopedia...maybe I'll do wikipedia. Great Post! Oh man, I want to read the encyclopedia…maybe I’ll do wikipedia.

Great Post!

]]> By: Tiffany Monhollon http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-107642 Tiffany Monhollon Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:35:48 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-107642 How entirely lovely. Now I need to blog about career envy :) How entirely lovely. Now I need to blog about career envy :)

]]> By: Julia R http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-107641 Julia R Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:25:35 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/09/10/aj-jacobs-career-lessons-from-the-encyclopedia/#comment-107641 Hi A.J., Nice post! Re. juggling jobs and loving a smattering: I recommended the book "The Renaissance Soul" by Margaret Lobenstine when I interviewed Penelope a month or so ago for a podcast. Clear, actionable advice on making a physicist/violinist/social worker career -- or an other backslashed combo -- work for you :) Julia Hi A.J.,

Nice post! Re. juggling jobs and loving a smattering: I recommended the book “The Renaissance Soul” by Margaret Lobenstine when I interviewed Penelope a month or so ago for a podcast. Clear, actionable advice on making a physicist/violinist/social worker career — or an other backslashed combo — work for you :)

Julia

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